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Review: Joel Edgerton’s honest and empathetic ‘Boy Erased’ (★★★½)

Erik Anderson November 1, 2018

Joel Edgerton has crafted a compassionate family drama with extraordinary performances from Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe In Boy Erased, based on Garrard Conley’s... Read More

Netflix to give ‘ROMA,’ Buster Scruggs,’ ‘Bird Box’ pre-streaming theatrical runs

Erik Anderson November 1, 2018

In a standoff that began at Cannes, Netflix has acquiesced and decided to give the releases of three of their fall/winter films theatrical runs before... Read More

Oscar Box Office Predictions: ‘Boy Erased,’ ‘Widows,’ ‘Green Book, ‘The Favourite,’ ‘Beale Street’

Jonathan Boehle November 1, 2018

When I first wrote about the box office potential of Oscar films back in 2014, I noted that while financial success is not as significant... Read More

Interview: Garrard Conley, author of ‘Boy Erased’

Erik Anderson October 31, 2018

Garrard Conley is the author of the memoir Boy Erased, about his experience in a gay conversion camp, now a major motion picture set for... Read More

2019 Oscars: A Look at Asian Films in This Year’s Foreign Language Oscar Race

Mina Takla October 31, 2018

Our weekly Foreign Language Oscar race analysis pieces continue this week with a special look at the Asian films in this year’s race. Asian films... Read More

‘The Favourite’ leads 2018 British Independent Film nominations (BIFA)

Erik Anderson October 31, 2018

Not too surprisingly, Yorgos Lanthimos’s Queen Anne period piece The Favourite grabbed the most nominations from the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) today. The Venice... Read More

Interview: Martha Conley, mother of ‘Boy Erased’ author Garrard Conley (Exclusive)

Erik Anderson October 30, 2018

If you were able to attend the premiere of Boy Erased at the Toronto International Film Festival this year you likely witnessed a true star... Read More

‘Ladies in Black,’ ‘Sweet Country,’ ‘Boy Erased’ top Australian Academy Awards (AACTA) Nominations

Erik Anderson October 29, 2018

The nominations for the 60th Australian Academy Awards have been announced and Ladies in Black leads the pack with 11, followed by Sweet Country with... Read More

The Lead or Supporting Category Two-Step this Oscar Season

Erik Anderson October 29, 2018

The line between supporting and lead has always been a blurry one. Sometimes the sheer impact of a character and of an actor’s performance can... Read More

Review: Luca Guadagnino’s uncompromising and masterful ‘Suspiria’ (★★★★)

Erik Anderson October 26, 2018

Luca Guadagnino has concocted a witches’ brew of primal sisterhood that isn’t for the faint of heart or patience. Nor should it be. It’s a... Read More

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